Chapter 30: On the Nature of Insight

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After hearing White’s words, Luo Feng abandoned the idea of having White immediately create a spiritual telekinetic cultivation technique for him.

In any case, he had already planned to make contact with the Xtreme Martial Hall soon, so that White could scan and analyze extraterrestrial technologies such as the gravity chamber. Besides, he was currently hunting monsters in the wilderness to earn points, while also cultivating the Nether Fiend Blade, carrying out his daily training, and practicing the Colossal Elephant Chapter secret technique... Even if White gave him a spiritual telekinetic technique right now, he would have little spare time to cultivate it.

However...

“White, can you improve my comprehension?” Luo Feng suddenly asked.

This thought had abruptly flashed through his mind.

Since White was seemingly omnipotent, could he improve Luo Feng’s comprehension as well?

“Hmm...? Let me see.”

Within the inner space, Bai Chen was momentarily stunned by Luo Feng’s question. Then his eyes lit up. Yes—why had he never thought of that?

After some consideration, Bai Chen decided that Luo Feng had always displayed extraordinary talent. His strength had advanced by leaps and bounds without pause, reaching the advanced God of War level in barely more than a month. That was why Bai Chen had never considered this possibility. If Luo Feng had not brought it up now, Bai Chen might not have thought of it until Luo Feng encountered a bottleneck in his cultivation.

“Let me take a look...” Bai Chen focused his thoughts and began using his Creation ability.

The Creation ability could even create concepts, so improving comprehension should naturally be possible. However, Luo Feng was different from other living beings. He was the protagonist of Swallowed Star. If destiny existed, then Luo Feng was undoubtedly its chosen protagonist. Thus, Bai Chen was not entirely certain.

Could his ability directly interfere with Luo Feng himself?

[Condition established: Double Luo Feng’s comprehension.]

[Calculating... Calculation complete.]

[Conclusion: By consuming 330,009,800 points of energy, Luo Feng’s current comprehension can be doubled.]

The good news was that the ability’s preliminary calculation had succeeded. Even Luo Feng himself was not beyond the reach of Bai Chen’s power.

The bad news was that the energy consumption was somewhat excessive.

Of course, it was only excessive for Bai Chen in his current state. Once Luo Feng grew stronger—not even truly powerful, merely after reaching the planetary level—he would probably be capable of obtaining energy in the hundreds of millions or even billions.

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“Thinking about it this way, consuming that much energy is perfectly normal. Besides, Luo Feng’s natural aptitude and comprehension aren’t weak to begin with,” Bai Chen mused.

At the very least, judging by the breadth of his brain region, Luo Feng was unquestionably number one on Earth. Babata had already acknowledged as much. Given Babata’s insight as an intelligent life that had once accompanied the Marquis-level Immortal Hu Yanbo, if Luo Feng’s aptitude had truly been poor, Babata would never have chosen him as his successor. He had already waited fifty thousand years—what difference would waiting a little longer make?

In the original story, Luo Feng’s talent and comprehension were not fixed. They continued to improve and transform along with the passage of time and his experiences, until he ultimately became a genius who surpassed all others.

This brought up an important point: in the world of Swallowed Star, talent and comprehension were actually two separate things.

Talent mainly referred to one’s aptitude for comprehending laws. Take the Golden-Horned Beast, one of the twelve pinnacle starry-sky beasts, for example. It was naturally close to the Law of Gold, as though it were the favored child of that law. Even without actively comprehending the Law of Gold, it could grow to the peak of the World Lord level simply by sleeping every day, and could even cross the threshold into the Origin Law of Gold.

The wind-attributed talent possessed by the catgirl Bai Chen had created was actually an extremely inferior version of an aptitude for the Law of Wind. It merely made it easier for the catgirl to sense and control the wind, allowing her to increase her speed by reducing air resistance. It was nowhere near the level of a true law-based talent. The energy consumed to create the catgirl was proof enough.

Comprehension, on the other hand, was a much more abstract concept. It was related to the strength of one’s soul, as well as the will of one’s mind.

Luo Feng’s comprehension during the World Lord stage would certainly far surpass his comprehension during the Apprentice stage.

Moreover, the stronger one’s mental will, the greater the assistance it provided in comprehending certain secret techniques and breaking through bottlenecks.

In this regard, the people of Earth, whose lineage had been created by Mountain Guest, possessed soul potential that was, on average, far greater than that of other human races. They were the exact opposite of the Flame God Race, which possessed exceptionally powerful physical talent.

Bai Chen came back to himself and answered Luo Feng, who was waiting expectantly for his reply. “It is possible, but the consumption would be enormous. Even if all the more than ten thousand points you currently possess were used up, they would only improve your comprehension by a tiny amount. To raise it substantially, the required points would have to be counted in the hundreds of millions.”

“Comprehension is essentially a combination of soul strength and mental will. The most direct way to increase soul strength is to elevate the essence of your life. Once you break through to the planetary level and your life essence improves, your soul strength will rise with it. At that time, even when cultivating the same secret technique, your cultivation speed will naturally be faster than it is now.

“As for mental will, it can be improved and transformed through self-directed training—for example, by enduring suffering or undergoing trials between life and death. There is often great terror between life and death.”

“I understand.” Luo Feng nodded thoughtfully.

“Don’t think too much about it for now. Once you have prepared enough points, I can directly create a treasure for you to temper your mind and will.” As Bai Chen spoke, several ideas had already begun forming in his mind.

In the original story, there had been a special treasure known as the Black-Patterned Stone Pillar that could temper the mind and will. Bai Chen could naturally create a similar treasure.

It did not need to be as powerful as the Black-Patterned Stone Pillar. Even the strongest beings in the universe had been unable to approach that object. Bai Chen only needed to create a weakened version that would work on Luo Feng.

That would be far simpler.

After ending his communication with White, Luo Feng glanced at Energy Duo. The other party lazily yawned, then vanished from the outside world.

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Luo Feng knew that Energy Duo had returned to the inner space. He did not dwell on it, merely closing his eyes and beginning to cultivate the Colossal Elephant Chapter secret technique.

The progress of condensing the first Colossal Elephant Particle had already surpassed eighty thousand kilograms. At his current rate of condensing several thousand kilograms a day, he would need no more than three days to completely form the first Colossal Elephant Particle!

“The Colossal Elephant Chapter states that once nine Colossal Elephant Particles have been condensed, a Colossal Elephant True Body can be formed,” Luo Feng thought silently.

By arranging the Colossal Elephant Particles within his body in a special configuration, he could condense them into the phantom image of a colossal elephant. The phantom would autonomously inhale and exhale the energy of the universe, transforming it into a tangible body of energy. With every movement, it possessed the brute force to topple mountains and split the earth. It was an extremely powerful offensive secret technique within the Colossal Elephant Chapter.

And the only one.

However, according to White, the complete Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Force contained many powerful secret techniques. The Colossal Elephant True Body was merely a very ordinary one among them.

Moreover, even the Colossal Elephant True Body technique was incomplete. Restricted by the available energy, what Luo Feng possessed now was only version 1.0.

“Nine Colossal Elephant Particles... It won’t be long now,” Luo Feng murmured inwardly.

The speed at which he could condense Colossal Elephant Particles depended on his physical qualities. As his body continued to grow stronger, he might eventually be able to condense ten—or even a hundred—Colossal Elephant Particles in a single day.

Time passed, and more than three hours went by in the blink of an eye.

After completing his cultivation of the Colossal Elephant Chapter and his daily training, Luo Feng rose from the ground, his strength having advanced once again.

Energy Duo, in the form of a white cat, received the notification and ran out of the cat room in the inner space.

“Sorry to trouble you, Energy Duo.” Luo Feng addressed the white cat courteously.

This was a companion who could greatly increase the efficiency with which he earned points, as well as an additional safeguard for his personal safety. Naturally, he should show it a little courtesy.

“When we get back, I’ll buy Energy Duo the finest and most expensive cat food available. I mustn’t mistreat this hero,” Luo Feng thought to himself.